Publications

Peer-reviewed articles

Rémy Asselot, Lidia I. Carracedo, Virginie Thierry, HerléMercier, Raphaël Bajon & Fiz F. Pérez (2024): Anthropogenic carbon pathways towards the North Atlantic interior revealed by Argo-O2, neural networks and back-calculations. Nature Communications, 15(1), 1630, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-46074-5.

 Mercier, H., Desbruyères, D., Lherminier, P., Velo, A., Carracedo, L., Fontela, M., and Pérez, F. F. (2024): New insights into the eastern Subpolar North Atlantic meridional overturning circulation from OVIDE, EGUsphere [preprint], https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-388, in review.

 Metzl Nicolas, Fin Jonathan, Lo Monaco Claire, Mignon Claude, Alliouane Samir, Antoine David, Bourdin Guillaume, Boutin Jacqueline, Bozec Yann, Conan Pascal, Coppola Laurent, Diaz Frédéric, Douville Eric, Durrieu De Madron Xavier, Gattuso Jean-Pierre, Gazeau Frédéric, Golbol Melek, Lansard Bruno, Lefèvre Dominique, Lefèvre Nathalie, Lombard Fabien, Louanchi Férial, Merlivat Liliane, Olivier Léa, Petrenko Anne, Petton Sébastien, Pujo-Pay Mireille, Rabouille Christophe, Reverdin Gilles, Ridame Céline, Tribollet Aline, Vellucci Vincenzo, Wagener Thibaut, Wimart-Rousseau Cathy (2024). A synthesis of ocean total alkalinity and dissolved inorganic carbon measurements from 1993 to 2022: the SNAPO-CO2-v1 dataset. Earth System Science Data, 16, 89-120. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-16-89-2024.

 Rousseau, V., Fraudeau, R., Hammond, M., Houndegnonto, O. J., Ablain, M., Blazquez, A., Calafat, F. M., Desbruyères, D., Foti, G., Llovel, W., Marti, F., Meyssignac, B., Restano, M., and Benveniste, J. (2023): Monitoring the regional Ocean Heat Content change over the Atlantic Ocean with the space geodetic approach, Earth Syst. Sci. Data Discuss. [preprint], https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2023-236, in review.

Bieito Fernández Castro, Daniel Fernandez Roman, Bruno Ferron, et al. Isopycnal eddy stirring dominates thermohaline mixing in the upper subpolar North Atlantic (2023). ESS Open Archive . https://doi.org/10.22541/essoar.170196957.75231388/v1.

Feucher Charlène, Portela Esther, Kolodziejczyk Nicolas, Thierry Virginie (2022). Subpolar gyre decadal variability explains the recent oxygenation in the Irminger Sea. Communications Earth & Environment, 3(1), 279 (9p.). Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/ 10.1038/s43247-022-00570-y , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00804/91598/

Liu, Y., Desbruyeres, D. G., Mercier, H., & Spall, M. A. (2022). Observation-based estimates of Eulerian-mean boundary downwelling in the western subpolar North Atlantic. Geophysical Research Letters, 49, e2021GL097243. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL097243

Castrillejo Maxi, Casacuberta Núria, Vockenhuber Christof, Lherminier Pascale, 2022 : Rapidly Increasing Artificial Iodine Highlights Pathways of Iceland-Scotland Overflow Water and Labrador Sea Water. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.897729

Petit, T., Thierry, V., and Mercier, H.: Deep through-flow in the Bight Fracture Zone and its imprint in the Irminger Sea, EGUsphere [preprint], https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2022-248, 2022.

Reverdin Gilles, Waelbroeck Claire, Pierre Catherine, Akhoudas Camille, Aloisi Giovanni, Benetti Marion, Bourlès Bernard, Danielsen Magnus, Demange Jérôme, Diverrès Denis, Gascard Jean-Claude, Houssais Marie-Noëlle, Le Goff Hervé, Lherminier Pascale, Lo Monaco Claire, Mercier Herle, Metzl Nicolas, Morisset Simon, Naamar Aïcha, Reynaud Thierry, Sallée Jean-Baptiste, Thierry Virginie, Hartman Susan E., Mawji Edward M., Olafsdottir Solveig, Kanzow Torsten, Voelker Antje, Yashayaev Igor The CISE-LOCEAN sea water isotopic database (1998–2021). Earth System Science Data, 2022. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2022-34 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00750/86197/

Jackson, Laura C., Arne Biastoch, Martha W. Buckley, Damien G. Desbruyères, Eleanor Frajka-Williams, Ben Moat and Jon Robson, 2022: The evolution of the North Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation since 1980. Nature Reviews, Earth and Environment, https://doi.org/10.1038/s43017-022-00263-2

Carracedo, L. I., H. Mercier, E. McDonagh, G. Rosón, R. Sanders, C.M. Moore, S. Torres-Valdés, P. Brown, P. Lherminier, F.F. Pérez, 2021 : Counteracting Contributions of the Upper and Lower Meridional Overturning Limbs to the North Atlantic Nutrient Budgets: Enhanced Imbalance in 2010. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 35, e2020GB006898. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GB006898

García-Ibáñez Maribel I., Bates Nicholas R., Bakker Dorothee C.E., Fontela Marcos, Velo Antón (2021). Cold-water corals in the Subpolar North Atlantic Ocean exposed to aragonite undersaturation if the 2 °C global warming target is not met. Global And Planetary Change, 201, 103480 (12p.). Publisher's official version : https://doi.or/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2021.103480 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00688/79965/

F. Li, M.S. Lozier, S. Bacon, A.S. Bower, S.A. Cunningham, M.F. de Jong, B. deYoung, N. Fraser, N. Fried, G. Han, N.P. Holliday, J. Holte, L. Houpert, M.E. Inall, W.E. Johns, S. Jones, C. Johnson, J. Karstensen, I.A. LeBras, P. Lherminier, X. Lin, H. Mercier, M. Oltmanns, A. Pacini, T. Petit, R.S. Pickart, D. Rayner, F. Straneo, V. Thierry, M. Visbeck, I. Yashayaev, C. Zhou, 2021: Subpolar North Atlantic western boundary density anomalies and the Meridional Overturning Circulation. Nature communication, (2021) 12:3002 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23350-2

Nowitzki Hannah, Rhein Monika, Roessler Achim, Kieke Dagmar, Mertens Christian (2021). Trends and transport variability of the circulation in the subpolar eastern North Atlantic. Journal Of Geophysical Research-oceans, 126(2), e2020JC016693 (27p.). Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JC016693 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00676/78778/

Zunino, P., Mercier, H., and Thierry, V.: Why did deep convection persist over four consecutive winters (2015–2018) southeast of Cape Farewell? (2020), Ocean Sci., 16, 99–113, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-16-99-2020

Le Traon Pierre-Yves, D'Ortenzio Fabrizio, Babin Marcel, Leymarie Edouard, Marec Claudie, Pouliquen Sylvie, Thierry Virginie, Cabanes Cecile, Claustre Hervé, Desbruyeres Damien, Lacour Leo, Lagunas Jose-Luis, Maze Guillaume, Mercier Herle, Penkerc'h Christophe, Poffa Noe, Poteau Antoine, Prieur Louis, Racape Virginie, Randelhoff Achim, Rehm Eric, Schmechtig Catherine Marie, Taillandier Vincent, Wagener Thibaut, Xing Xiaogang (2020). Preparing the New Phase of Argo: Scientific Achievements of the NAOS Project. Frontiers In Marine Science, 7, 577408 (27p.). Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.577408 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00654/76584/

Fontela, Marcos, Fiz F. Pérez, Herlé Mercier and Pascale Lherminier, 2020: North Atlantic Western Boundary Currents Are Intense Dissolved Organic Carbon Streams, Front. Mar. Sci., 7, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.593757 

Leseurre Coraline, Lo Monaco Claire, Reverdin Gilles, Metzl Nicolas, Fin Jonathan, Olafsdottir Solveig, Racapé Virginie (2020). Ocean carbonate system variability in the North Atlantic Subpolar surface water (1993–2017). Biogeosciences, 17(9), 2553-2577. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-2553-2020 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00631/74356/

Fontela Marcos; Perez Fiz; Carracedo Lidia I.; Padín, Xosé A.; Velo Antón; García-Ibañez Maribel I., Lherminier Pascale, 2020: The Northeast Atlantic is running out of excess carbonate in the horizon of cold-water coral communities. Scientific Reports, 10, 14714, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-71793-2 

Lagarde Marion, Lemaitre Nolwenn, Planquette Hélène, Grenier Mélanie, Belhadj Moustafa, Lherminier Pascale, Jeandel Catherine, 2020: Particulate Rare Earth Element behavior in the North Atlantic (GEOVIDE cruise). Biogeosciences, 17, 5539–5561, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-5539-2020 

McCarthy, G. D., Brown, P. J., Flagg, C. N., Goni, G., Houpert, L., Hughes, C. W., Hummels, R., Inall, M., Jochumsen, K., Larsen, K. M. H., Lherminier, P., Meinen, C. S., Moat, B. I., Rayner, D., Rhein, M., Roessler, A., Schmid, C., Smeed, D. A., 2020: Sustainable observations of the AMOC: Methodology and Technology. Reviews of Geophysics, 58(1), e2019RG000654.  https://doi.org/10.1029/2019RG000654 

Holliday N.P., M. Bersch, B. Berx, L. Chafik, S. Cunningham, C. Florindo-López, H. Hátún, W. Johns, S.A. Josey, K.M.H. Larsen, S. Mulet, M. Oltmanns, G. Reverdin, T. Rossby, V. Thierry, H. Valdimarsson and I. Yashayaev, 2020. Ocean circulation causes the largest freshening event for 120 years in eastern subpolar North Atlantic. Nature Communications, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14474-y 

Desbruyères, D. G., Mercier, H., Maze, G., and Daniault, N. (2019): Surface predictor of overturning circulation and heat content change in the subpolar North Atlantic, Ocean Sci., 15, 809–817, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-15-809-2019 

Fontela Marcos, Mercier Herle, Pérez Fiz F (2019). Long-term integrated biogeochemical budget driven by circulation in the eastern subpolar North Atlantic. Progress In Oceanography, 173, 51-65. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2019.02.004

Lozier M. S., F. Li, S. Bacon, F. Bahr, A. S. Bower, S. A. Cunningham, M. F. de Jong, L. de Steur, B. deYoung, J. Fischer, S. F. Gary, B. J. W. Greenan, N. P. Holliday, A. Houk, L. Houpert, M. E. Inall, W. E. Johns, H. L. Johnson, C. Johnson, J. Karstensen, G. Koman, I. A. Le Bras, X. Lin, N. Mackay, D. P. Marshall, H. Mercier, M. Oltmanns, R. S. Pickart, A. L. Ramsey, D. Rayner, F. Straneo, V. Thierry, D. J. Torres, R. G. Williams, C. Wilson, J. Yang, I. Yashayaev, J. Zhao (2019). A sea change in our view of the overturning in the subpolar North Atlantic. Science, 01 Feb 2019 : 516-521. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aau6592

Frajka-Williams Eleanor, Ansorge Isabelle J., Baehr Johanna, Bryden Harry L., Chidichimo Maria Paz, Cunningham Stuart A., Danabasoglu Gokhan, Dong Shenfu, Donohue Kathleen A., Elipot Shane, Heimbach Patrick, Holliday N. Penny, Hummels Rebecca, Jackson Laura C., Karstensen Johannes, Lankhorst Matthias, Le Bras Isabela A., Lozier M. Susan, McDonagh Elaine L., Meinen Christopher S., Mercier Herle, Moat Bengamin I., Perez Renellys C, Piecuch Christopher G., Rhein Monika, Srokosz Meric A., Trenberth Kevin E., Bacon Sheldon, Forget Gael, Goni Gustavo, Kieke Dagmar, Koelling Jannes, Lamont Tarron, McCarthy Gerard D., Mertens Christian, Send Uwe, Smeed David A., Speich Sabrina, Van Den Berg Marcel, Volkov Denis, Wilson Chris (2019).  Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation: Observed Transport and Variability. Frontiers In Marine Science, 6(260), 18p. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00260

Sloyan Bernadette M., Wanninkhof Rik, Kramp Martin, Johnson Gregory C., Talley Lynne D., Tanhua Toste, McDonagh Elaine, Cusack Caroline, O’Rourke Eleanor, McGovern Evin, Katsumata Katsuro, Diggs Steve, Hummon Julia, Ishii Masao, Azetsu-Scott Kumiko, Boss Emmanuel, Ansorge Isabelle, Perez Fiz F., Mercier Herlé, Williams Michael J. M., Anderson Leif, Lee Jae Hak, Murata Akihiko, Kouketsu Shinya, Jeansson Emil, Hoppema Mario, Campos Edmo, 2019 : The Global Ocean Ship-Based Hydrographic Investigations Program (GO-SHIP): A Platform for Integrated Multidisciplinary Ocean Science. Front. Mar. Sci. 6:445. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00445

Benetti Marion, Reverdin Gilles, Clarke Jennifer S., Tynan Eithne, Holliday N. Penny, Torres-valdés Sinhué, Lherminier Pascale, Yashayaev Igor, 2019: Sources and distribution of fresh water around Cape Farewell in 2014. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 124(12), 9404-9416. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JC015080 

Racapé, V., Thierry, V., Mercier, H., & Cabanes, C. (2019).  ISOW spreading and mixing as revealed by Deep‐Argo floats launched in the Charlie‐Gibbs Fracture Zone. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 124,  6787– 6808. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JC015040

Sarthou, G., Lherminier, P., Achterberg, E. P., Alonso-Pérez, F., Bucciarelli, E., Boutorh, J., Bouvier, V., Boyle, E. A., Branellec, P., Carracedo, L. I., Casacuberta, N., Castrillejo, M., Cheize, M., Contreira Pereira, L., Cossa, D., Daniault, N., De Saint-Léger, E., Dehairs, F., Deng, F., Desprez de Gésincourt, F., Devesa, J., Foliot, L., Fonseca-Batista, D., Gallinari, M., García-Ibáñez, M. I., Gourain, A., Grossteffan, E., Hamon, M., Heimbürger, L. E., Henderson, G. M., Jeandel, C., Kermabon, C., Lacan, F., Le Bot, P., Le Goff, M., Le Roy, E., Lefèbvre, A., Leizour, S., Lemaitre, N., Masqué, P., Ménage, O., Menzel Barraqueta, J.-L., Mercier, H., Perault, F., Pérez, F. F., Planquette, H. F., Planchon, F., Roukaerts, A., Sanial, V., Sauzède, R., Schmechtig, C., Shelley, R. U., Stewart, G., Sutton, J. N., Tang, Y., Tisnérat-Laborde, N., Tonnard, M., Tréguer, P., van Beek, P., Zurbrick, C. M., and Zunino, P., 2018: Introduction to the French GEOTRACES North Atlantic Transect (GA01): GEOVIDE cruise, Biogeosciences, 15(23), 7097-7109, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-7097-2018  

Castrillejo, Maxi,  Núria Casacuberta, Marcus Christl, Christof Vockenhuber, Hans-Arno Synal, Maribel I. García-Ibáñez, Pascale Lherminier, Géraldine Sarthou, Jordi Garcia-Orellana and Pere Masqué, 2018: Tracing water masses with 129I and 236U in the subpolar North Atlantic along the GEOTRACES GA01 section. Biogeosciences, 15(18), 5545-5564, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-5545-2018 

Racapé, Virginie, Patricia Zunino, Herlé Mercier, Pascale Lherminier, Laurent Bopp, Fiz F. Perez, Marion Gehlen, 2018: Transport and storage of anthropogenic carbon in the North Atlantic Subpolar Ocean. Biogeosciences, 15(14), 4661-4682, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-4661-2018 

Schlitzer, Reiner, Robert F. Anderson, Elena Masferrer Dodas, Maeve Lohan, Walter Geibert, Alessandro Tagliabue, Andrew Bowie, Catherine Jeandel, Maria T. Maldonado, William M. Landing, Donna Cockwell, et al., 2018: The GEOTRACES Intermediate Data Product 2017. Chemical Geology, 493, 210-223, ISSN 0009-2541, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2018.05.040 

García-Ibáñez, Maribel I., Fiz F. Pérez, Pascale Lherminier, Patricia Zunino, Herlé Mercier and Paul Tréguer, 2018: Water mass distributions and transports for the 2014 GEOVIDE cruise in the North Atlantic. Biogeosciences, 15(7), 2075-2090, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-2075-2018 

Perez, Fiz F., Marcos Fontela, Maribel I. García-Ibáñez, Herlé Mercier, Anton Velo, Pascale Lherminier, Patricia Zunino, Mercedes de la Paz, Fernando Alonso-Pérez, Elisa F. Guallart, Xose A. Padin, 2018: Meridional overturning circulation conveys fast acidification to the deep Atlantic Ocean. Nature, 554, 515-518, https://doi.org/10.1038/nature25493 

Lozier, M. Susan; Bacon, Sheldon; Bower, Amy S.; et al., 2017: OVERTURNING IN THE SUBPOLAR NORTH ATLANTIC PROGRAM: A New International Ocean Observing System. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 98, 4, 737-752. https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-16-0057.1

Desbruyères, D., E. L. McDonagh, B. A. King, and V. Thierry, 2017: Global and full-depth ocean temperature trends during the early twenty-first century from Argo and repeat hydrography. J. Climate, 30, 1985–1997, https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0396.1

de la Paz, M., M. I. García-Ibáñez,R. Steinfeldt, A. F. Ríos, and F. F. Pérez (2017), Ventilation versus biology: Whatis the controlling mechanism of nitrousoxide distribution in the North Atlantic?,Global Biogeochem. Cycles,31, 745–760, https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GB005507.

Turk Daniela, Dowd Michael, Lauvset Siv K., Koelling Jannes, Alonso-Pérez Fernando, Pérez Fiz F., 2017: Can Empirical Algorithms Successfully Estimate Aragonite Saturation State in the Subpolar North Atlantic?  Frontiers in Marine Science , 4,  https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2017.00385.

Zunino, Patricia, Pascale Lherminier, Herlé Mercier, Nathalie Daniault, Maribel I. García-Ibáñez, and Fiz F. Pérez, 2017: The GEOVIDE cruise in May–June 2014 reveals an intense Meridional Overturning Circulation over a cold and fresh subpolar North Atlantic. Biogeosciences, 14(23), 5323-5342, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-5323-2017 

Benetti Marion, Gilles Reverdin, Camille Lique, Igor Yashayaev, Penny N. Holliday, E. Tynan, S. Torres-Valdes, Pascale Lherminier, Paul Tréguer, Géraldine Sarthou, 2017: Composition of freshwater in the spring of 2014 on the southern Labrador shelf and slope. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 122, 1102–1121, http://doi.org/10.1002/2016JC012244 

Piron, Anne, Virginie Thierry, Herlé Mercier, Guy Caniaux, 2017: Gyre scale deep convection in the subpolar North-Atlantic Ocean during winter 2014-2015 Geophysical Research Letters, https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GL071895 

Breckenfelder, T., M. Rhein, A. Roessler, C. W. B€oning, A. Biastoch, E. Behrens, and C. Mertens (2017), Flow paths and variability of the North Atlantic Current: A comparison of observations and a high-resolution model, J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 122, 2686–2708, https://doi.org/10.1002/2016JC012444.

Daniault, Nathalie, Mercier, Herlé, Pascale Lherminier, Artem Sarafanov, Anastasia Falina, Patricia Zunino Rodriguez, Fiz Fernandez Pérez, Aida F. Rios, Bruno Ferron, Thierry Huck, Virginie Thierry, Sergey Gladyshev, 2016: The northern North Atlantic Ocean mean circulation in the early 21sr century. Progress in Oceanography, 146, 142-158. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2016.06.007.

Romera-Castilloa, C., Letscherb,R.T. and Hansell, D.A., 2016: New nutrients exert fundamental control on dissolved organic carbon accumulation in the surfaceAtlantic Ocean. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America, http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1605344113.

Marcos Fontela, Maribel I. García-Ibáñez, Dennis A. Hansell, Herlé Mercier, Fiz F. Pérez, 2016: Dissolved Organic Carbon in the North Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation. Scientific Reports, 6, 26931. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep26931.

García-Ibáñez, M. I., Zunino, P., Fröb, F., Carracedo, L. I., Ríos, A. F., Mercier, H., Olsen, A., and Pérez, F. F., 2016: Ocean acidification in the North Atlantic: controlling mechanisms, Biogeosciences, 13, 3701-3715. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-3701-2016.

Cabanes C., V. Thierry, C. Lagadec, 2016: Improvement of bias detection in Argo float conductivity sensors and its application in the North Atlantic. Deep-Sea Research I, 114, 128-136. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2016.05.007.

Ferron, B., F. Kokoszka, H. Mercier, P. Lherminier, T. Huck, A. Rios, V. Thierry, 2016: Variability of the diapycnal mixing along the A25 Greenland-Portugal transect repeated from 2002 to 2012. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 46, 1989-2003. http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-15-0186.1.

Piron, A., V. Thierry, H. Mercier, G. Caniaux, 2016: Argo float observations of basin-scale deep convection in the Irminger Sea during winter 2011-2012. Deep Sea Research I, 109, 76-90, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2015.12.012.

Le Reste S., V. Dutreuil, X. André, V. Thierry, C. Renaut, P.-Y. Le Traon, G. Maze, 2016: «Deep-Arvor »: A new profiling float to extend the Argo observations down to 4000m depth. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 23, 1039-1055. http://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-15-0214.1.

Zunino, P., P. Lherminier, H. Mercier, X. A. Padín, A. F. Ríos, and F. F. Pérez, 2015: Dissolved inorganic carbon budgets in the eastern subpolar North Atlantic in the 2000s from in situ data, Geophys. Res. Lett., 42, 9853–9861, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2015GL066243.

García-Ibáñez, Maribel I., Paula C. Pardo, Lidia I. Carracedo, Herlé Mercier, Pascale Lherminier, Aida F. Ríos, Fiz F Pérez, 2015: Structure, transports and transformations of the water masses in the Atlantic Subpolar Gyre. Progress in Oceanography, 135, 18-36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2015.03.009.

Le Quéré, C., Moriarty, R., Andrew, R.M., Canadell, J.G., Sitch, S., Korsbakken, J.I., Friedlingstein, P., Peters, G.P., Andres, R.J., Boden, T.A., Houghton, R.A., House, J.I., Keeling, R.F., Tans, P., Arneth, A., Bakker, D.C.E., Barbero, L., Bopp, L., Chang, J., Chevallier, F., Chini, L.P., Ciais, P., Fader, M., Feely, R.A., Gkritzalis, T., Harris, I., Hauck, J., Ilyina, T., Jain, A.K., Kato, E., Kitidis, V., Klein Goldewijk, K., Koven, C., Landschützer, P., Lauvset, S.K., Lefèvre, N., Lenton, A., Lima, I.D., Metzl, N., Millero, F., Munro, D.R., Murata, A., Nabel, J.E.M.S., Nakaoka, S., Nojiri, Y., O’Brien, K., Olsen, A., Ono, T., Pérez, F.F., Pfeil, B., Pierrot, D., Poulter, B., Rehder, G., Rödenbeck, C., Saito, S., Schuster, U., Schwinger, J., Séférian, R., Steinhoff, T., Stocker, B.D., Sutton, A.J., Takahashi, T., Tilbrook, B., van der Laan-Luijkx, I.T., van der Werf, G.R., van Heuven, S., Vandemark, D., Viovy, N., Wiltshire, A., Zaehle, S., Zeng, N., 2015. Global Carbon Budget 2015. Earth System Science Data 7, 349–396, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/essd-7-349-2015.

Fajar, N.M., García-Ibáñez, M.I., SanLeón-Bartolomé, H., Álvarez, M., Pérez, F.F., 2015. Spectrophotometric Measurements of the Carbonate Ion Concentration: Aragonite Saturation States in the Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean. Environ. Sci. Technol. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5b03033.

Desbruyères, D., H. Mercier, V. Thierry, 2015: On the mechanisms behind decadal heat content changes in the eastern subpolar gyre. Progress in Oceanography, 132, 262-272, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2014.02.005 or http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00180/29117/.

Mercier, H., P. Lherminier, A. Sarafanov, F. Gaillard, N. Daniault, D. Desbruyères, A. Falina, B. Ferron, T. Huck, V. Thierry, 2015: Variability of the meridional overturning circulation at the Greenland-Portugal Ovide section from 1993 to 2010. Progress in Oceanography, 132, 250-261, doi:10.1016/j.pocean.2013.11.001.

Desbruyères, D.G., McDonagh, E.L., King, B.A., Garry, F.A., Blaker, A.T., Moat, B., Mercier, H., 2014: Full-depth temperature trends in the Northeastern Atlantic through the early 21st century. Geophysical Research Letters, 41, 7971-7979, doi: 10.1002/2014GL061844.

Ferron, B., F. Kokoszka, H. Mercier, P. Lherminier, 2014: Disipation rate estimates from microstructure and finescale internal wave observations along the A25 Greenland-Portugal Ovide line. JTECH, in press, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-14-00036.1.

Zunino, P., M. I. Garcia-Ibañez, P. Lherminier, H. Mercier, A.F. Rios and F. F. Pérez, 2014: Variability of the transport of anthropogenic CO2 at the Greenland-Portugal OVIDE section : controlling mechanisms. Biogeosciences, 11, 2375-2389, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-2375-2014.

Mercier, H., P. Lherminer, A. Sarafanov, F. Gaillard, N. Daniault, D. Desbruyères, A. Falina, B. Ferron, T. Huck, V. Thierry, 2014. Variability of the meridional overturning circulation at the Greenland–Portugal OVIDE section from 1993 to 2010. Prog. Oceanogr. (2013), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2013.11.001 or http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00165/27583/25742.pdf

Alvarez-Salgado X. A., Nieto-Cid M., Alvarez M., Perez F, Morin P, Mercier Herle, 2013. New insights on the mineralization of dissolved organic matter in central, intermediate, and deep water masses of the northeast North Atlantic. Limnology And Oceanography, 58(2), 681-696. http://dx.doi.org/10.4319/lo.2013.58.2.0681

Racapé, V., Pierre C., Metzl, N., Lo Monaco, C., Reverdin, G., Olsen, A., Morin, P., Vazquez-Rodriguez, M., Rios, A.F. and Perez, F.F., 2013: Anthropogenic carbon changes in the Irminger Basin (1981-2006): Coupling δ13CDIC and DIC observations. J. Marine System, 126, 24-32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2012.12.005.

Fan, X., U. Send, P. Testor, J. Karstensen, P. Lherminier, 2013: Observations of Irminger Sea anticyclonic eddies. J. Phys.oceanogr., 43, 805-823, doi:10.1175/JPO-D-11.0155.1.

Perez, F. F., H. Mercier, M. Vazquez-Rodriguez, P. Lherminier, A. Velo, P. Pardo, G. Roson, A. Rios, 2013: Reconciling air-sea CO2 fluxes and anthropogenic CO2 budgets in a changing North Atlantic. Nature Geosciences, 6, 146-152, doi:10.1038/ngeo1680. (Cover highlight)

Desbruyères, D., V. Thierry, H. Mercier, 2013: Simulated decadal variability of the meridional overturning circulation across the A25-Ovide section. J. Geophys. Res., DOI: 10.1029/2012JC008342.

Maze, G., H. Mercier, V. Thierry, L. Memery, P. Morin, F. F. Perez, 2012: Mass, nutrients and oxygen budgets for the north eastern Atlantic Ocean. Biogeosciences, 9, 4099-4113, doi:10.5194/bg-9-4099-2012 or http://ar2375chimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00100/21101/18724.pdf.

Boisséson (de), E., V. Thierry, H. Mercier, G. Caniaux 2012: Origin, formation and variability of the subpolar mode water observed over the Reykjanes Ridge. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 117, C12005, doi:10.1029/2011JC007519.

Falina, A., A. Sarafanov, H. Mercier, P. Lherminier, A. Sokov, N. Daniault, 2012: On the cascading of dense shelf waters in the Irminger Sea. J. Phys. Oceanogr., doi: 10.1175/JPO-D-12-012.1.

Vazquez-Rodriguez, M., F. Perez, A. Velo, A. Rios, H. Mercier, 2012: Observed acidification trends in the North Atlantic water masses. Biogeosciences, 9, 5217-5230, doi:10.5194/bg-9-5217-2012 or http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00117/22809/20609.pdf

Vazquez-Rodriguez M., X. A. Padin, P. C. Pardo, A. F. Rios, F. F. Perez, 2012: The subsurface layer reference to calculate preformed alkalinity and air-sea CO2 disequilibrium in the Atlantic Ocean. J. Marine Systems, 94, 52-63, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2011.10.008.

Sarafanov, A., A. Falina, H. Mercier, A. Sokov, P. Lherminier, C. Gourcuff, S. Gladyshev, F. Gaillard, N. Daniault, 2012: Mean full-depth summer circulation and transports at the northern periphery of the Atlantic Ocean in the 2000s. J. Geophys. Res. Ocean, 117, C01014, doi:10.1029/2011JC007572. doi:10.1029/2011JC007572, Or Open Access Version http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00059/16997/14499.pdf, selected as a research spotlight by AGU.

Copard, K., C. Colin, N. Frank, C. Jeandel, J.-C. Montero-Serrano, G. Reverdin, and B. Ferron, 2011: Nd isotopic composition of water masses and dilution of the Mediterranean outflow along the southwest European margin. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 12, Q06020, doi:10.1029/2011GC003529 or Open Access Version http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00040/15108/12571.pdf.

Daniault, N. H. Mercier, P. Lherminier, 2011:  The 1992-2009 transport variability at the south east tip of Greenland from in situ measurements and altimetry. Geophysical Research Letters, 38, L07601, doi:10.1029/2011GL046863, Open Access Version  http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00033/14467/11763.pdf. Selected as a research spotlight by AGU.

Daniault, N., P. Lherminier, H. Mercier, 2011: Circulation and transport at the south east tip of Greenland. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 41, 437-457. doi:10.1175/2010JPO4428.1.

Desprès, A., G. Reverdin, F. d'Ovidio, 2011: Summertime modification of surface fronts in the North Atlantic Subpolar Gyre. Journal of Geophysical Research, 116, C10003, doi:10.1029/2011JC006950.

Desprès, A., G. Reverdin, F. d'Ovidio, 2011: Mechanisms and spatial variability of meso scale frontogenesis in the northwestern subpolar gyre. Ocean Modelling, 39, S1, 97-113, doi:10.1016/j.ocemod.2010.12.005.

Ferron, B., 2011: A 4D-variational approach applied to an eddy-permitting North Atlantic configuration: Synthetic and real data assimilation of altimeter observations. Ocean Modelling, 39, 370-385, doi:10.1016/j.ocemod.2011.06.001

Gourcuff, C., P. Lherminier, H. Mercier, P. Y. LeTraon, 2011: Altimetry combined with hydrography for ocean transport estimation. J. Atmosph. Ocean. Tech., 28, 1324-1337, doi: 10.1175/2011JTECHO818.1.

Vage, K., Robert S. Pickart, Artem Sarafanov, Øyvind Knutsen, Herlé Mercier, Pascale Lherminier, Hendrik M. van Aken, Jens Meincke, Detlef Quadfasel, 2011 :  The Irminger gyre : circulation, convection and interannual variability. Deep Sea Res. I., 58, 590-614, doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2011.03.001.

Alvarez, M., C. Gourcuff, 2010: Uncoupled transports of chlorofluorocarbons and anthropogenic carbon in the subpolar North Atlantic. Deep Sea Research I, doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2010.03.009.

De Boisséson, E., V. Thierry, H. Mercier, 2010: Mixed layer heat budget in the Iceland Basin from Argo. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 115, C10055, doi:10.1029/2010JC006283. Open Access Version http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00017/12807/9761.pdf.

Lherminier Pascale, Herlé Mercier, Thierry Huck, C. Gourcuff, F. F. Perez, P. Morin, A. Sarafanov, 2010: The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation and the subpolar gyre observed at the A25-Ovide section in June 2002 and 2004. Deep Sea Res. I. Publisher's official version : http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2010.07.009, Open Access Version : http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00011/12272/

Pérez F. F., M. Vázquez-Rodríguez, H. Mercier, A. Velo, P. Lherminier, and A. F. Ríos,  2010 : Trends of anthropogenic CO2 storage in North Atlantic water masses. Biogeosciences, 7, 1789-1807, doi:10.5194/bg-7-1789-2010 or http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00006/11706/8362.pdf.

Reverdin, G., 2010: North Atlantic subpolar gyre surface variability (1895-2009).  Journal of Climate, 23, 4571-4584, doi:10.1175/2010JCLI3493.1.

Sarafanov, A. H. Mercier, A. Falina, A. Sokov, P. Lherminier, 2010: Cessation and partial reversal of deep water freshening in the northern North Atlantic: observation-based estimates and attribution. Tellus A,  62A, 80-90,doi:10.1111/j.1600-0870.2009.00418.x Open Access Version http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2010/publication-7325.pdf.

Sarafanov, A., A. Falina, P. Lherminier, H. Mercier, A. Sokov, C. Gourcuff, 2010: Assessing decadal changes in the deep western boundary current absolute transports southeast of of Cape Farewell (Greenland) from hydrography and altimetry. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 115, C11003, doi:10.1029/2009JC005811. Open Access Version http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00017/12855/9820.pdf.

Rodgers, K. B., R. M. Key, A. Gnanadesikan, J. L. Sarmiento, O. Aumont, L. Bopp, S. C. Doney, J. P. Dunne, D. M. Glover, A. Ishida, M. Ishii, A. R. Jacobson, C. Lo Monaco, E. Maier-Reimer, H. Mercier, N. Metzl, F. F. Perez, A. F. Rios, R. Wanninkhof, P. Wetzel, C. D. Winn, and Y. Yamanaka, 2009: Altimetry helps to explain patchy changes in hydrographic carbon measurements.J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 114, C09013, doi:10.1029/2008JC005183. Open Access Version http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/11107/7415.pdf.

Sarafanov, A., A. Falina, H. Mercier, P. Lherminier, A. Sokov, 2009: Recent changes in the Greenland-Scotland overflow-derived water transport inferred from hydrographic observations in the southern Irminger Sea. Geophysical Research Letters, 36, L13707, doi:10.1029/2009GL038041. Open Access Version http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2009/publication-6633.pdf.

Våge K., Robert S. Pickart, Virginie Thierry, Gilles Reverdin, Craig M. Lee, Brian Petrie, Tom A. Agnew, AmyWong and Mads H. Ribergaard, 2009: Surprising return of deep convection  to the subpolar North Atlantic. Nature Geosciences, doi: 10.1038/ngeo382

Vázquez-Rodríguez, Marcos, X. A. Padin, Aida F. Ríos, Richard G. J. Bellerby, Fiz F. Pérez 2009: An upgraded carbon-based method to estimate the anthropogenic fraction of dissolved CO2 in the Atlantic Ocean. Biogeosciences Discussion, 6, 4527-4571.

Forget, G., B. Ferron, H. Mercier, 2008: Combining ARGO profiles with a general circulation model in the North Atlantic. Part I: estimation of hydrography and circulation anomalies from synthetic profiles over a year. Ocean Modelling, doi:10.1016/j.ocemod.2007.06.001 or Open Access Version http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2008/publication-3721.pdf.

Forget, G., B. Ferron, H. Mercier, 2008: Combining ARGO profiles with a general circulation model in the North Atlantic. Part II: realistic transports and improved hydrography between spring 2002 and spring 2003. doi:10.1016/j.ocemod.2007.06.002 or Open Access Version http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2008/publication-3920.pdf.

Gaillard, F., E. Autret, V. Thierry, P. Galaup,  2008 : Quality control of large Argo datasets,  J. Atmospheric and Oceanographic Technology, doi: 10.1175/2008JTECHO552.

Pérez, F. F., M. Vazquez-Rodriguez, E. Louarn, X. A. Padin, H. Mercier, A. Rios, 2008: Temporal trends of the anthropogenic CO2 storage in the Irminger Sea. Biogeosciences, 5,1669-1679, doi:10.5194/bg-5-1669-2008 or http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2008/publication-5925.pdf.

Thierry, Virginie, Eric de Boisséson, Herlé Mercier 2008: Interannual variability of the Subpolar Mode Water properties over the Reykjanes Ridge during 1990-2006. J. Geophys. Res., 113, C04016, doi:10.1029/2007JC004443 or  Open Access Version http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2007/publication-3487.pdf.

Hunter, S., Wilkinson, D., Louarn, E., McCave, I.K., Rohling, E., Stow, D.A.V. and Bacon, S., 2007. Deep western boundary current dynamics and associated sedimentation on the Eirik drift, Southern Greenland margin. Deep-Sea Res. I. doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2007.09.007.

Lherminier Pascale, Herlé Mercier, Claire Gourcuff, Marta Alvarez, Sheldon Bacon, Catherine Kermabon, 2007: Transports across the 2002 Greenland-Portugal OVIDE section and comparison with 1997.  J. Geophys. Res., 112(C7), C07003, doi:10.1029/2006JC003716 or Open Access Version http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2007/publication-3296.pdf.

Reverdin, G., P. Lherminier, V. Thierry, H. Mercier, 2007: Recent Observed Variability in The North Atlantic Subpolar Gyre Circulation. IUGG publication.

Treguier, Anne-Marie, Claire Gourcuff, Pascale Lherminier, Herlé Mercier, Bernard Barnier, Gurwan Madec, Jean-Marc Molines, Thierry Penduff, Lars Czeschel, Claus W. Böning, 2006: Internal and Forced variability along a section between Greenland and Portugal in the CLIPPER Atlantic model. Ocean Dynamics, 56 (5-6): 568-580, doi:10.1007/s10236-006-0069-y or http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2006/publication-2199.pdf.